Carter's Mountain, Charlotteville, Virginia. Follow Carter's Mountain trail to the orchard for seasonal fruit picking...You can also visit the lovely country store and bakery. One of the special treats they offer is apple cider doughnuts. So good! (You can buy apples already picked or go into the orchard to gather your own.) Michie Tavern Mitchie
Tag: Autumn
Autumn Wind
The wind is playing in the trees... I love to hear that sound. The wind stirs, and the branches sway, each instrument perched just so. If all the world were a forest, how peaceful it might be. We enter a cathedral, and music floods the room, flittering birds, and fluttering leaves, filling every pew. Still,
Leaves of Autumn
The autumn sky is a blue ocean, fathoms deep. The birds chatter and tell their stories to the silent, knowing trees. How stoic are the trees, how majestically they stand, as the birds fly from branch to branch. I watch as the leaves fall soundlessly to the ground, one by one, a steady drift of
The Fog in Autumn
The fog hangs heavy in the early morning light. What a lovely canvas for this soft mist - a painter's dream. The leaves lie dormant upon the ground, mostly burnt sienna, but some, lemon yellow. I search to find a scarlet leaf, but there are none to be found; nor, is there a cardinal anywhere
Changing Seasons
Once again, the seasons are changing; these autumnal days remind us that we are changing too, each and every day. The trees are about to put on their biggest pageant of the year, changing from summer's garb to fall's most exquisite wardrobe. There will be luminous gold leaves to don the trees, magnificent burgundies, the